Messerschmitt controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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Use of concentration-camp prisoners in wartime production
During the Second World War, Messerschmitt relied extensively on forced labor, including prisoners from the Gusen and Mauthausen concentration-camp system. Underground aircraft production near Sankt Georgen an der Gusen was conducted under brutal conditions, and many prisoners died. The company's wartime factories and managerial presence at production sites form a central and grievous part of its historical record.